Bare Act
The Tamil Nadu Restriction of Habitual Offenders Act, 1948
General194818 sections
This law targets individuals who have been convicted of serious crimes multiple times, specifically those sentenced to prison at least three times for specific offenses. The government can officially label these people as "habitual offenders" and place them under special restrictions. These rules limit where they can live and move, require them to report changes in their address, and subject them to government oversight for a set period. The main purpose is to protect public safety by closely monitoring and controlling individuals who repeatedly break the law.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Power of Government to notify habitual offenders
- 4. Delegation of powers to District Magistrate
- 5. Notified offenders to intimate residence and change of residence
- 6. Power to restrict movements of notified offenders
- 7. Power to cancel or alter such
- 8-10. Settlements
- 11. Power to make rules
- 12. Penalties for contravention of the provisions of this Act
- 13. Arrest of notified offenders
- 14. Rules for the removal of prisoners to apply to persons ordered to be placed in a settlement under section 8 or to be removed under section 13
- 15. Bar of jurisdiction
- 15-A. Protection of persons acting in good faith
- 15-B. Power to amend the Schedule
- 16. Effect of certain orders passed under the Criminal Tribes Act, 1924, etc.
- 17. Repeal
- 18. Repeal
PDF: pending for this language.